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The Minister of Education and Children's Affairs (Icelandic: Mennta- og menningarmálaráðherra) is the head of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture. The current Minister of Education and Children's Affairs is Ásmundur Einar Daðason.[1]

List of ministers

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Minister of Education (16 December 1942 – 1 January 1970)

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Nº Minister Took office Left office Duration Party Cabinet
1 Einar Arnórsson
(1880–1955) 		16 December 1942 21 September 1944 1 year, 9 months, 5 days
(645 days) 		IP Björn Þórðarson
2 Björn Þórðarson
(1879–1963) 		21 September 1944 21 October 1944 1 month
(30 days) 		N/A
3 Brynjólfur Bjarnason
(1898–1989) 		21 October 1944 4 February 1947 2 years, 3 months, 14 days
(836 days) 		PUP Ólafur Thors II
4 Eysteinn Jónsson
(1906–1993) 		4 February 1947 6 December 1949 2 years, 10 months, 2 days
(1,036 days) 		PP Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson
5 Bjarni Benediktsson
(1908–1970) 		6 December 1949 14 March 1950 3 months, 8 days
(98 days) 		IP Ólafur Thors III
6 Björn Ólafsson
(1895–1974) 		14 March 1950 11 September 1953 3 years, 5 months, 28 days
(1,277 days) 		IP Steingrímur Steinþórsson
(5) Bjarni Benediktsson
(1908–1970) 		11 September 1953 24 July 1956 2 years, 10 months, 13 days
(1047 days) 		IP Ólafur Thors IV
7 Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason
(1917–2004) 		24 July 1956 — — SDP Hermann Jónasson V
Emil Jónsson
Ólafur Thors V
Bjarni Benediktsson

Minister of Education, Science and Culture (1 January 1970 – 28 November 2021)

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The Cabinet of Iceland Act no. 73/1969, which had been passed by the parliament 28 May 1969, took effect on 1 January 1970. Thus the Cabinet was formally established along with its ministries which had up until then not formally existed separately from the ministers.[2]

Nº Minister Took office Left office Duration Party Cabinet
(7) Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason
(1917–2004) 		— 14 July 1971 14 years, 11 months, 20 days
(5,468 days) 		SDP Bjarni Benediktsson
Jóhann Hafstein
8 Magnús Torfi Ólafsson
(1923–1998) 		14 July 1971 28 August 1974 3 years, 1 month, 14 days
(1,141 days) 		ULL Ólafur Jóhannesson I
9 Vilhjálmur Hjálmarsson
(1914–2014) 		28 August 1974 1 September 1978 4 years, 4 days
(1,465 days) 		PP Geir Hallgrímsson
10 Ragnar Arnalds
(1938–2022) 		1 September 1978 15 October 1979 1 year, 1 month, 14 days
(409 days) 		PA Ólafur Jóhannesson II
11 Vilmundur Gylfason
(1948–1983) 		15 October 1979 8 February 1980 3 months, 24 days
(116 days) 		SDP Benedikt Gröndal
12 Ingvar Gíslason
(1926–2022) 		8 February 1980 26 May 1983 3 years, 3 months, 18 days
(1,203 days) 		PP Gunnar Thoroddsen
13 Ragnhildur Helgadóttir
(1930–2016) 		26 May 1983 16 October 1985 2 years, 4 months, 20 days
(874 days) 		IP Steingrímur Hermannsson I
14 Sverrir Hermannsson
(1930–2018) 		16 October 1985 8 July 1987 1 year, 8 months, 22 days
(630 days) 		IP
15 Birgir Ísleifur Gunnarsson
(1936–2019) 		8 July 1987 28 September 1988 1 year, 2 months, 20 days
(448 days) 		IP Þorsteinn Pálsson
16 Svavar Gestsson
(1944–2021) 		28 September 1988 30 April 1991 2 years, 7 months, 2 days
(944 days) 		PA Steingrímur Hermannsson II
Steingrímur Hermannsson III
17 Ólafur Garðar Einarsson
(1932–2023) 		30 April 1991 23 April 1995 3 years, 11 months, 24 days
(1,454 days) 		IP Davíð Oddsson I
18 Björn Bjarnason
(1944–) 		23 April 1995 2 March 2002 6 years, 10 months, 7 days
(2,505 days) 		IP Davíð Oddsson II
Davíð Oddsson III
19 Tómas Ingi Olrich
(1943–) 		2 March 2002 31 December 2003 1 year, 9 months, 29 days
(669 days) 		IP Davíð Oddsson III
Davíð Oddsson IV
20 Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir
(1965–) 		31 December 2003 1 February 2009 5 years, 1 month, 1 day
(1,859 days) 		IP Davíð Oddsson IV
Halldór Ásgrímsson
Geir Haarde I
Geir Haarde II
21 Katrín Jakobsdóttir
(1976–) 		1 February 2009 23 May 2013 4 years, 3 months, 22 days
(1,572 days) 		LG Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir I
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir II
22 Illugi Gunnarsson
(1967–) 		23 May 2013 30 November 2017 3 years, 7 months, 19 days
(1,329 days) 		IP Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson
Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
23 Kristján Þór Júlíusson
(1957–) 		11 January 2017 30 November 2017 10 months, 19 day
(323 days) 		IP Bjarni Benediktsson
24 Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir
(1973–) 		30 November 2017 28 November 2021 3 years, 11 months, 29 days
(1459 days) 		PP Katrín Jakobsdóttir I

Minister of Education and Children's Affairs (28 November 2021 – present)

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Nº Minister Took office Left office Duration Party Cabinet
25 Ásmundur Einar Daðason
(born 1982) 		28 November 2021 Incumbent 2 years, 352 days
(1082 days) 		PP Katrín Jakobsdóttir II
Bjarni Benediktsson II

References

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  1. ^ "The minister". Ministry of Education, Science and Culture. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Frumvarp til laga um Stjórnarráð Íslands" [Bill regarding the Cabinet of Iceland.] (PDF). Legal Code (in Icelandic). Parliament of Iceland. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
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